Coal-tipple attachment



HERSH .Ju'lyjll 1923.

COALV TI'PPLE ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 4. 1922 Waag..

Patented duly l?, 1923i. i

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` COAL-TIPPLE ATTACHMENT.

Application led January 4, 1922; Serial No. 526,881.

Toallwhomitmayconcern.'" Beit `known that llnwnnnl l-l. llnnsiiga citizen or" the United States, residingatiilftoona', in the county of llair `and otate of ..lennsylvania,` "has invented certain new and' useful lmproveii'ieiits t in Coal-'Lipple` Attachments;of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to anirnpiovement` in attachments for `coal tipples.

A primary object .is an improved means` whereby the flow ol coal dischargedfrom` said trucks or cars are loaded, thus avoiding:

the usual waste incident to the loading operation. y i l A further object ot this invention is to provide a convex disk to act as a coal cut oii device positioned between the coal tip-V ple and the truck or car that is to be loaded7 said disk to be positioned in a bearing and provided with means for rotating the same in the journal bearings. 'n

`With these and other objects in` view `which will be more readily `apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood,

the same consists in the novel construction,`

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully pointed out lillustrated and claimed.

lt will be readily understoodby those" skilled in the art to [which this invention belongs that the sameis susceptible of some structural lchanges and modifications ,with-V out departing-from the spirit or scope ot the invention but avpreferredand practical. embodimentpoit the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which :j-

.Figure 1 is a front elevation oimy improved coal chute attachment as applied to a coal tipple. i

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.

Figure 3 is a plan `view of the parts shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

Another-object of this invention is tovpro! Similar reference numerals reifer to simi# .lar partsthroughout ""ie,severalviigures. ot

he drawings. I`

`ln carrying out this invention l rprovide the coal Atipple T havingthe longitudinal beams or timbers 10, transverse beam (1l7 gate '18.in the iornioi" a circular lconcavoconvex plate `having an opening 111 cut on one side thereof -for permitting the coalto pass. For the purpose of supporting this plate or disk l provide a shaft 13a supported .in bearings 15 and 16 carried by pendent arms 17 suspended from the cross beam 1l` `as shown in rFigures land 2 of the draw- 6o n Hand upright posts or columns 127 ivifthwa `novelv closure device tor controlling thewde* 'liveryof coal. rlhis device includes a rotary ings. flhe axial portion of the `plate adjacent the bearing 16 is provided with a comy bined ratchetfwheel 18 and attaching disk `19, the latter being attached thereto 4by rivets 2O orjthe like.

The journal shafty 13 is preferably made` in the form of a bolt having a circular head 2l adapted to coact with the ,face 22 of the bearing 15 while a nut `23 isprovided at the y opposite end for keeping the parts in oper-` ative relation as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. i For the purpose of: `rotating the disk 13 lprovide iny connection .with the ratchet wheel 18 a pawl 211, lulcrumed on a lever 25 1 adapted to swing 'about the journal 13 as a center as shown in Figure 1 ot thedrawy i ings. The pawl 24- is provided with two engaging points 261and 2T,` the pawl` 26 being Vengaged with the ratchetlS when opening the coal lchute and 'the pawl 27 engaging the y same when the coal chute is closet'.

. After the coal passes through the opening 14 inthe disk it enters a chute 29, from` whence it is discharged into the truck or car arranged for yits transportationto market. This chutel canr be .attached in any desired way its only purpose being to direct the de?` livery of the coal afterlthe same leavesthe tipole. y i

y reason of the factthat the` concave i side of the disk `is arranged at the inside of vtheitipple the pressure` of the coal will not lbend or warp the saine; but for the purpose of the further assisting `in relieving the disk .of some of the'bent pressure due `to the weight of the coal against the same, the

y.edges of the disk may bear against the upright frame members l2 of the tipple `as shown in Figure l of the drawings,

Without .further description it is thought thatA the features and advantages of the present invention Will'jbe' readily apparent and `it Will of course `be understood that changes in theform, proportonand minor details of construction may be resorted to without" departing from the spirit ofthe s inventionror scope ofthe appended claims.

` ,I cla,i1n:, y i i t a Coal tipple,V a ,coa-lehnte," means for outting'off the flow lo ycoal lfrom the tipple to theehute, including adisk of concavo-convex shape positioned` `between the tlppleV and the chute and havingan opening adapted. to lregister with the chute, vmeans for `rotating the yconcavel convex disk for cutting oil'the'gflovv` ofcoal fromthe vtipple to the chute, and means'for supporting the disk comprising a journal and journal bearings together supported bythe frame-Work .ing said dished plate to bring the opening into alignment with the discharge Chute.,

A delivery gate forcoal tipples ineluding in combination with the tipple framework and delivery Chute, a dished disk having its concave side exposed tothe pressure n of `coal 'Within the tip-ple and alsoprovided with an opening for aligning lwith the rehute, and means for rotating the disk.

11i-testimony whereof heafXe-d his Sig' nature. 'i

EDWARD HHERSH.

Q. 'A lelivery gate for `Coal tip-ples includ-y 

